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Inline if using c#

Hi Experts,

I have to display fields in UI based on Field setting file. In this file we can set each field to some value (0,1,2,3,4 etc) and retrieve this information and will show/hide/do something for the field in the UI. For instance to display a Name field it has just 2 values (0 and 1). Here is the code using inline if statement that will check if it is set to 1 or 0.

FieldSettings.cs

//ToDisplayName

0=show
1=HIDE

Public bool IsDisplayName
{

get

{
  int? paramvalue=Getvalue();

  return paramvalue.Hasvalue && paramvalue.value=1?true:false


}

}

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Class1.cs

//Checking condition for ToDisplayName or Not

FieldSettings Prjconf=new FieldSettings();

if(Prjconf.IsDisplayName)
{
//do something
}

else
{
//do something
}

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Similarly I have below fields that have 3 and 4 values.I am confused if I should return bool or int and how to write them using inline (Fieldsettings.cs) and retrieve this information in class.cs file.

ToDisPlayAge(3 values)

0=No
1=Yes-Hide
2=Yes-Show

ToDisplayMobile(4 values)

0=Hi
1=Hello
2=welcome
3=Thank you

FarWest

Me too, I became very confused :)
i did not get how and why "ToDisplayMobile" will return "welcome" or "Hello"

my advise is to use strong typing and user structures as datatypes for those values
since you using full coding block then no need to inline if just make your code clear
using if blocks
regards

ksd123

ASKER

Just to understand my requirement I gave above example.In reality it is different, but I have similar requirement as above.

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ksd123

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Please check my original question,I am looking for best way of achieving my task.

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louisfr

You're making things more complicated than they are.
1) About the conditional operator.
This:

xx ? true : false

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is exactly the same thing as

xx

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2) About nullable types
This:

xx.HasValue && xx.Value == yy

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is nearly the same as

xx == yy

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In short, this

return paramvalue.Hasvalue && paramvalue.value==1?true:false

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can be rewritten as

return paramvalue == 1

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